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Monday, May 15th, 2006 at 5:32 pm | In Politics |

“I don’t really believe those polls.” – First Lady Laura Bush, on her husband’s sinking approval ratings. Mrs. Bush added “As I travel around the United States…A lot of people come up to me and say, ‘Stay the course’.”

Ummm, that’s because no one who disagrees with you is allowed within shouting distance.

And it’s not that Mrs. Bush is saying she doesn’t pay attention to polls, as the President does. She’s saying that she doesn’t believe them. To her, these polls are the James Frey of statistical data — they might as well be fiction.

Reuters: Laura Bush doesn’t believe bad polls on husband